Jacon, you can be thankful for your job for the following reasons
Dell needed to have more points of assembly & testing placed throughout the country
Dell wanted to not have all of its total concentration in Texas
the rapid growth of Dell and the cities of Austin and Round Rock couldn't agree on terms in developing infrastructure fast enough to support the dynamic explsion in employment growth Dell was having. The environmentalists kept getting in the way and Dell got tired of dealing with them. So essentially Dell said, fine, we'll take our growth and employment opportunities elsewhere!! And that's just what they did. Austin is both a haven for its beautiy as a city as as being cursed with its own liberalism which can stifle business development and growth opportunities. It took over 20 yeaers for the city to come up with another major transportation artery, to relieve the dependence soley on I-35 to get from one end of town to the other (because when there's a wreck or construction, it virtually shuts down0 because of all the concern for wild life and animal life. Yes protection of the city source of water (underground springs) is one thing, but being concerned about evey species, including as one would say, save the spotted house fly from extinction.
